Youngest New York supreme judge scuttles jail scam
Elbert Hubbard recounts a Buffalo Sunrise Court case where a drunken and disorderly John Dee is fined five dollars, then ten, then forty on cumulative charges. The young judge, praised for intellect and ethics, criticizes backstackle sentencing and notes illegal cumulative punishments across the United States.
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Supreme Court of
State of New York
John Dee Wile
Buffalo
John
Dogberry
Supreme Court
Daniel
United States
Elbert Hubbard
Pendleton Friday publication details and imprint
The note records publication cadence and imprint for the Pendleton edition under EAST OREGONIAN PUBLISHING COMPANY. It states Friday release, postal handling at Pendleton, and registration as second class matter.
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Pendleton
Uregat
East Oregonian Publishing Company
Et Pendleton
Chicago Tongue and harsh words about Chicago
Elbert Hubbard quotes a Chicago minister calling the city a den of vice and depravity. He recalls his own modest fame from a four booklet work and mocks the idea of listing offenders in print while criticizing Chicago’s indecency and “toxin scum.”
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Chicago
Folke
St Loma Republic
Hell
Elbert Hubbard
Public ownership debated as Harriman power grows
The Delies Times cites J. J. Hill warning Harriman could gain control of West railroads, threatening private interests and prompting calls for government ownership to curb monopoly. The piece argues railroads should serve the public, not private power, with public ownership seen as a potential remedy amid rising rates and private influence. Street sprinkling season marked by arrival of residents outside
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Hill
Harriman
West
City Sprinkling Plan Expands Amid Tax Burden Debate
Residents across Pendleton press for fair sprinkling funding as streets expand with new homes. Critics say city finances and contracts favor bidders, while a prison labor idea and street work plan emerge to curb crime and reduce costs. The Missouri battleship disaster claims tragedy and questions leadership of Captain Cowles, brother in law to the president, amid investigations into prior collisions.
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Missouri
Florida
Cowles
Roosevel
Navy
Pendleton
Lawyer's Ode to Spring Echoes in Verse
The fragmentary verse laments the coming spring with playful legal imagery. It blends floral and avian motifs with allegorical law terms and Cupid as a court. Although incomplete, it evokes renewal and youthful bonds amid seasonal imagery.
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Cupid's Court
Religion meandering in man and plague across South America
The text argues that religion should fit the person as his nerves define him, rather than forcing dogma, while noting the bubonic plague has spread to every Pacific South American seaport and most interior towns in Western South America.
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Pacific
South America
Upcoming Oregon events and gatherings listed
A calendar of events includes the Oregon Cattle Growers Association in Portland on April 16, a state convention in Portland on April 18, the Oregon Federation of Labor in Oregon City on May 2, the General M. E. conference in Los Angeles on May 4, the I O O F grand judge gathering in Astoria on May 18, a Caledonian picnic at Athena May 27 28, the Umatilla County Pioneers reunion at Weston June 2 3 4, a general election in Oregon on June 6, and the Oregon encampment G A R in Hood River June 15 16 17.
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Oregon Cattle-growers’ Association
Portland
Oregon Federation of Labor
Oregon City
M. E
Los Angeles
Astoria
Athena
Umatilla County
Weston
Oregon
Hood River
Mrs Annie M L Smithfield praises Dr Pierce treatment
A Fayette County woman recounts healing from chronic female illnesses after using Dr Pierce Favorite Prescription. She notes prior severe symptoms. after a letter consultation and treatment she reports improved health, ability to work, and better wellbeing than before marriage. The ad invites women to consult by letter with confidential correspondence and mentions The Common Sense Medical Adviser.
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Mra
Annie ML
Smithfield Fayette Co
Pever
Tae Favorie
Siphae
Pierce
Tcal
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N.Y
Age Is Not In Years Says Dr Holmes
The ad argues age is measured by blood, not years and promotes Scott’s Emulsion to keep the body youthful by nourishing the blood. It invites readers to request a sample from Scott & Browne at 96 Pearl Street, New York.
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Scott & Browne
Gog
Pearl Street, New York
Arlington House: Elegant Rooming House on Main Street
The Arlington offers electric lights free baths and modern conveniences. Centrally located on Main Street three doors north of Hotel St George above Delta candy store. Rooms by day week or month Rates 1 a day. Phone Red 1091.
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Arlington
Main Street
Hotel St. George
Delta Candy Store
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Gavotte
Commodore
Carot
Frederick Nolf & Co
the Delies Times
Mountaineer
St. Paul
J. J. Hill
Great Northern Railroad
Sai
Burlington Roads
Northwest
Epring
Dare
Dr. Pierce
W. C. Minnis
Neuman
Sherwin
E. J Murphy
Liquozone
Carnine
Cottonwood Street
Neagle Bros
The
Arlington 4
L. Gharon
C. F. Colesworthy
Alta St
Lee
Selz
Holt Bros
Side
Holt
E. L. Smith
Court Street
Holt Machines
T. C. Taylor
Merrill Cig
Umatilla
Pendleton Boquet
Umsatila
A. Robde
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